Trump is chipping in US money (not his own) for the free publicity. He is a master of low cost guerilla marketing of the Trump brand.

I am curious of how much US aid actually gets sent. Maybe Trump will us US dollars to build a Trump hotel in Paris to help house some of the restoration workers, or at least the CEO of architectural and engineering firms as well as hosting benefit galas to raise more funds for the restoration over the next decade or…

Translation, first remove metal at the appropriate angle to sharpen the edge. Subsequent strokes with gradually less pressure refines/polishes and hones the edge.

A classic example of the dangers of a just a little knowledge. lol

Technically, you apply a degree of force to arrive at a desired degree of pressure (force/area). The degree of metal removal is more directly related to pressure than force.

I thought she was in her 30's, taking into account she is not wearing make-up.

End of freshman year in college. A bunch of us from the NYC area heading back home gave a ride and stayed over for a few days in NJ with a friend we made during the year. Come dinner time he went to get some menus to order some take out. We said we can do a bit of shopping and cook something. His eyes bulged out in…

Got to get a conversation started before you get to compatibility. LOL

“Against Stupidity, the Gods themselves try in vain.”  

I felt a museum date early on is a good opportunity to find points of discussion, even if the thing you are looking at has next to nothing to do with what you discuss. You both stop to look at a statue with pieces missing, which leads to the tale of a clumsy cousin of yours. lol

I took my significant other to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on our second date. And being a typical guy, I showed off a little by dishing out a bit of info on pretty much everything.

A while back, I prepared a storm preparedness checklist for the Board of my Coop building. One of the items was to notify those residents with a balconies at least 24-hrs in advance to take in their plants, furniture and wind chimes. 

Fortunately for my parents, there is a fence around the property as well as bushes and trees. This serves to reduce the ground level winds somewhat and catch our neighbors stuff.

It usually isn’t the wind that smashes your window, but the wind picking up that lawn chair, patio umbrella or even patio table that goes smashing through your window or possibly the wall.

Success is not the same as intelligence. Intelligence is one factor toward success. Determination, hard work, social networking skills, communication skills are critical actors generally not considered part of the traditional “intelligence”.

Being intelligent and being able to make something of yourself are not the same. Success in life also requires critical thinking (something more than being good at memorizing or taking tests) and hardwork. For whatever reason, it is possible that there may be some unrealized potential here.

I once took a very quick and energetic bath in a mountain stream in Montana with several feet of snow on the ground. Sadly, I did not come from a sauna and did not even have a warm place to go to afterwards. It had been a week in the woods and I was starting to stink of body odor and wood smoke. I also half heartedly…

As a general rule, wine brought to a party is a “host gift”. It becomes theirs. About the only time I would take a bottle back is if I knew the host does not drink. Even then, I would suggest they save it for their next party, hopefully soon. Only if they insisted or imply they did not want it (i.e. takes up fridge…

You don’t get visible abs like that normally after your teen years. You have to monitor your diet to make your abs visible. Most fit people have those abs, but they are not visible underneath a healthy layer of fat. 

Internship and research opportunities are often overlooked and/or underappreciated.